ONLINE Lift Every Voice: Why African-American Poetry Matters
A community read and discussion
2020-10-18 14:00:00
2020-10-18 15:00:00
America/Chicago
ONLINE Lift Every Voice: Why African-American Poetry Matters
Read and discuss poems from the book "African-American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song". Poetry packets will be available at the Ask Us Desk one month beforehand.
Downers Grove Public Library - Meeting Room Both (Max Capacity 100)
Sunday, October 18
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Downers Grove Public Library
Meeting Room Both (Max Capacity 100)Read and discuss poems from the book "African-American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song". Poetry packets will be available at the Ask Us Desk one month beforehand.
Read and discuss poems from the book African-American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song, edited by Kevin Young The poems chosen reflect a range of voices and topics, from history to music, injustice to solidarity. The discussion will take place via zoom, and will be moderated by Professor CM Burroughs, an Associate Professor of Poetry at Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois. Professor Burroughs is also a published poet and public speaker. Poetry packets will be available at the Ask Us Desk one month beforehand.
This program is part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, a national publichumanities initiative of Library of America presented in partnership with The Schomburg Center forResearch in Black Culture with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities, TheAndrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Emerson Collective.
Additional Details about the book:
Please visit the Library of America's website for details, themes, and the book's table of contents. https://www.loa.org/books/640-african-american-poetry-250-years-of-struggle-song
Contact the Ask Us Desk at askus@dglibrary.org or call (630) 960-1200 with questions.
Participant Zoom instructions:
Registration with email address is required. The webinar link and password, along with handouts, will be emailed to participants the day before the program. If you do not receive it by 5:00 p.m. the previous day, please contact the library.
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This program will be presented through a live Zoom webinar.
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EVENT TYPE: | Workshops & Discussion Groups | Virtual Program | Registration Required | Community | Book Discussions |
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